Pvd Process Engineer, Solar Cells (starlink)

SpaceX

Bastrop, TX, United States
On-site
Pvd sputtering processes
Transparent conductive oxide (tco) layers
High-efficiency shj cell performance
As a PVD Process Engineer for our solar cell factory, you will spearhead state of the art production processes for an internal solar cell production line, providing high efficiency and high-quality solar cells for both our latest generation Starlink satellites and for Starship missions to the Moon and Mars

Job Summary

  • As a PVD Process Engineer for our solar cell factory, you will spearhead state of the art production processes for an internal solar cell production line, providing high efficiency and high-quality solar cells for both our latest generation Starlink satellites and for Starship missions to the Moon and Mars.
  • You will own the development, optimization, and scaling of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes critical for depositing transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers, such as ITO, and other thin films essential to high-efficiency SHJ cell performance.
  • Your work will form the backbone of the Starlink network (photons of sunlight in is directly proportional to photons of data out to customers!) and help provide internet to tens of millions of customers all around the world.

Matching Summary

As a PVD Process Engineer for our solar cell factory, you will spearhead state of the art production processes for an internal solar cell production line, providing high efficiency and high-quality solar cells for both our latest generation Starlink satellites and for Starship missions to the Moon and Mars.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • PVD sputtering processes
  • transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers
  • high-efficiency SHJ cell performance
  • defect characterization and analysis
  • cleanroom environment experience

Nice-to-have

  • passion for sustainable energy
  • world-class production team
  • extreme ownership of production outcome
  • state-of-the-art silicon cell efficiency

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of chemical engineering experience
  • Master's or Ph.D. in STEM discipline
  • 5+ years PVD process engineering experience
  • US citizen or permanent resident

Work Rights

US citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee

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